Amusing 'fact-check' of Putin's knowledge of Russian-Ukrainian history from the BBC.
Characterizing Putin's history lesson as 'rambling', it itself proceeds to ramble through 'the inaccuracies' and is unconvincing. Even the expert it cited says at one point: "In a sense, he [Putin] is correct...", followed by: "If Ukraine is a fake country, then so is Russia."
I'm reminded of the rabidly anti-Putin Russian media outlet meduza[dot]io 'fact-checking' Putin's claim (in his long essay about Ukraine's history on the eve of the SMO) that Lenin (briefly) collaborated with the US government to partition Russia. When I read that myself, I thought "nonsense!"
Well, meduza found it to be... TRUE!
Putin isn't just a good historian. He is Collingwood's 'man of history', one who can go deep into history to find solutions to apparently insoluble current problems. Privy to archives both published and as-yet-secret, he knows MORE than 'the experts' about his region's history.
Characterizing Putin's history lesson as 'rambling', it itself proceeds to ramble through 'the inaccuracies' and is unconvincing. Even the expert it cited says at one point: "In a sense, he [Putin] is correct...", followed by: "If Ukraine is a fake country, then so is Russia."
I'm reminded of the rabidly anti-Putin Russian media outlet meduza[dot]io 'fact-checking' Putin's claim (in his long essay about Ukraine's history on the eve of the SMO) that Lenin (briefly) collaborated with the US government to partition Russia. When I read that myself, I thought "nonsense!"
Well, meduza found it to be... TRUE!
Anti-Putin Russian outlet fact-checks Putin's claim that Lenin conspired with the US to break up Russia into smaller countries... and finds it to be true!
Comment: Whenever his haters 'fact-check' him, they discover that Putin's knowledge of history is sublime. Putin's remarks about a little-known fact of US meddling in Russian affairs over 100 years ago were part of this riveting answer he gave to...
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Putin isn't just a good historian. He is Collingwood's 'man of history', one who can go deep into history to find solutions to apparently insoluble current problems. Privy to archives both published and as-yet-secret, he knows MORE than 'the experts' about his region's history.